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Wolf Claw climbing spurs

Richard Tregoweth, Saturday, July 11, 2009

I had a good chat with Tom McDougall who works with Asplundh Tauranga about Tachyon and other climbing gear earlier this afternoon - we got to talking about the Wolf Claw tree climbers. Buckingham Bashlin and Klein are the most well known in this arena and are all very similar ..

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Thompson Uniscender

Richard Tregoweth, Friday, July 10, 2009



Last week we featured the Spiderjack 2 from ART - its described as a multi-functional ascending and descending device and supposedly one of the first to be commercially available. The Thompson Unicender is another one to consider. We're not sure if ..

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Timbersaws Firewood Cant

Richard Tregoweth, Wednesday, July 08, 2009

If you didn't get your firewood in over the summer and you're finally getting around to doing this chore invest in a Firewood Cant today. Its so simple you will wonder how you did without one. Now you can easily manhandle logs up to 400 mm thick - swing in ..

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Update on Tachyon by Drew Bristow

Richard Tregoweth, Monday, July 06, 2009



Been using the New England Tachyon rope for a couple of weeks now and I am very impressed with it so far, the size makes it a bit comfier ..

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Corona Tree Pruning System

Richard Tregoweth, Sunday, July 05, 2009

We had Brett Nasmith, an arborist with Asplundh, in yesterday to look over the latest climbing equipment including the DMM Ultra O's and the new ART Spiderjack. Brett is ..

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ART Spiderjack 2

Richard Tregoweth, Friday, July 03, 2009

Calling all gear-o-holics out there! Get your beady little eyes onto this piece of kit from Advanced Ropeclimbing Technology. I had an interesting evening reading the manual trying to figure out exactly how the Spiderjack worked!

Thankfully Drew Bristow arrived and within minutes he had it under control - but ..

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Hitch Climber Set-Up

Richard Tregoweth, Thursday, July 02, 2009



There is a lot of interest in the DMM and the new Ultra O carabinas used to create this friction-hitch based, work positioning system so we've included the YouTube video from Treemagineers to show how the set-up works.

The video was ..

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Duplex Istor 20 - new from Swiss Istor

Richard Tregoweth, Wednesday, July 01, 2009

It's no secret that Treetools consider the Swiss Istor sharpener to be the best on the market, especially for secateurs and loppers - its hard to believe the Swiss could improve on this fantastic sharpener - but they have!

The Duplex Istor 20 has the traditional Swiss Istor concave composite ..

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Felco FREE pouch online offer

Richard Tregoweth, Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Felco secateurs are our most searched for product - and we can understand why - these Swiss made secateurs are one of the best tree tools you can invest in.

This month (July) we've decided to give away a FREE Felco 912 genuine leather pouch (valued at $57.50) with every ..

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Tachyon at work on Great Barrier Island

Richard Tregoweth, Monday, June 29, 2009

This picture just in showing Tachyon (green/blue rope) at work with Asplundh on Great Barrier Island. Note the DB Tree set up using the Trango Cinch and DMM Hitch Climber. Treetools also stock the DMM Ultra O binas designed specifically to work with this combination. We will have more information ..

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